Not to be a downer; just something to remember as you pass the turkey leg or open a present…
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the millions who will not survive this week.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep (not to mention a computer on which to read this), you are richer than 75% of the people in this world.
Each day, 30,100 children die from mostly preventable and treatable causes such as diarrhea, acute respiratory infections or malaria. Malnutrition and hunger are associated with over half of those deaths.